New York, NY (Top40 Charts) Country
Music Hall of Fame members and five-time GRAMMY winning group, The Oak Ridge Boys, announced they will release a project with acclaimed producer Dave Cobb in the first quarter of 2018.
At a listening event during Americana
Music Association AmericanaFest at Nashville's historic RCA Studio A, where the album was recorded, the Oaks performed songs from the yet-untitled project recorded with multi-award winning producer Dave Cobb. This is the group's second project with Cobb, who produced the Oaks' acclaimedThe Boys Are Back album released in 2009.
For the new project, Cobb's vision for the Oaks was to dig way back into their roots of gospel music. But a different kind of gospel. One that took a hard look at the early days of rock and roll, which was influenced by spiritual, or black gospel.
The album will be released by Lightning Rod Records and distributed by Thirty Tigers.
According to Logan Rogers, founder of Lightning Rod Records, "Everyone has heard the Boys sing gospel, but nobody has heard it quite like this. Under Dave Cobb's direction, they touch on unchartered territory—and for a long-tenured act like The Oak Ridge Boys, that's saying something."
The event was hosted by
Peter Cooper, Senior Director, Producer and Writer at the Country
Music Hall of Fame and Museum.
For more information, visit oakridgeboys.com
The Oak Ridge Boys On Tour:
Sept. 15 Adventure Road Entertainment Stage, Oklahoma
State Fair - Oklahoma City, Okla.
Sept. 16 Falcon Stadium - Colorado Springs, Colo.
Sept. 20 The Mansion Theatre - Branson, Mo.
Sept. 21 The Mansion Theatre - Branson, Mo.
Sept. 23 Country Tonite Theater - Pigeon Forge, Tenn.
Sept. 27 Nörsk Hostfest - Minot, N.D.
Sept. 28 Casino
Regina Show Lounge -
Regina SK Canada
Sept. 29 The Resort at Paws Up - Greenough, Mont.
Sept. 30 WYO Theater - Sheridan, Wyo.
Oct. 04 The Mansion Theatre - Branson, Mo.
Oct. 05 The Mansion Theatre - Branson, Mo.
Oct. 07 Meramec
Music Theatre - Steelville, Mo.
Oct. 10 Mississippi
State Fair - Jackson, Miss.
Oct. 11 The Mansion Theatre - Branson, Mo.
Oct. 12 The Mansion Theatre - Branson, Mo.
Oct. 13 Shawnee Bluff Vineyard - Eldon, Mo.
Oct. 20 Innovation Amphitheater - Winder, Ga.
Oct. 21
Alabama Theatre - North Myrtle Beach, S.C.
Oct. 26 The Mansion Theatre - Branson, Mo.
Oct. 27 French Lick Resort Casino - French Lick, Ind.
Oct. 31 The Mansion Theatre - Branson, Mo.
Nov. 01 The Mansion Theatre - Branson, Mo.
Nov. 02 The Mansion Theatre - Branson, Mo.
Nov. 03 Cherokee Casino - Roland, Okla.
Nov. 04
Limelight Eventplex - Peoria, Ill.
Nov. 07 The Mansion Theatre - Branson, Mo.
Nov. 08 The Mansion Theatre - Branson, Mo.
Nov. 09 The Mansion Theatre - Branson, Mo.
Nov. 11 The Colony Five Star Complex - The Colony, Texas
Nov. 14 The Mansion Theatre - Branson, Mo.
Nov. 15 The Mansion Theatre - Branson, Mo.
Nov. 16 The Mansion Theatre - Branson, Mo.
Nov. 17 Effingham Performance Center - Effingham, Ill.
Nov. 18 Meskwaki
Bingo Casino Hotel - Tama, Iowa
Nov. 19 Memorial Hall - Independence, Kan.
About The Oak Ridge Boys:
The Oak Ridge Boys, who have sold over 41 million units worldwide, are synonymous with "America, apple pie, baseball, pop, rock, gospel and country music." In addition to their awards and accolades in the country and pop music fields, they have garnered five GRAMMY® Awards and nine GMA DOVE Awards as well as the Mainstream Artist of the Year Award at the ICM Awards. The group—Joe Bonsall, Duane Allen,
William Lee Golden, and Richard Sterban—have earned prestigious membership in the Country
Music Hall of Fame (2015 Inductees) and Grand Ole Opry, and are known worldwide as one of recording history's most extraordinary musical successes. They have charted single after single and album after album, celebrating two double-platinum albums and more than 30 Top 10 hits, including No. 1 chart-toppers "Elvira," "Bobbie Sue," "Thank God For Kids," "American Made," "Y'All Come Back Saloon," among dozens more. For more information and to view upcoming tour dates for The Oak Ridge Boys, please visit oakridgeboys.com.
